Some old guns from my Dad
 

I was going thru some old boxes I had never unpacked and came across 3 older guns.
1) S&W 38s&w, hammerless, fliptop,DA,ser#244##9. it's tight as can be, a little wear but looks pretty new.
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2) High Standard Double Nine 22. 9shot, wood grips model W104, S/N 143###1http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...6/IMG_0063.jpghttp://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/...6/IMG_0064.jpg
3) H&R Mod 922, 22 snubby, ser # L54##8
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I don't know how he got them, IF they're worth anything. I did dust them off, they were wrapped in a towel but had been oiled. the HighPoint has a little surface rust on cal and barrel. the other two don't have any rust on them, just bad pictures from me.
Any ideas on if these are worth keeping or not?

Really Nice Ron, but we aren't Blind, well at least most of us aren't.........


Clyde

Neat find!

+10^^^^^^^ How do you guys do it?

I could see me now... "Hey honey, come look in this old box that my dad gave me twenty years ago when he moved to Las Vegas. What's this? a M79 blooper? Wonder how he came into that? OH!! lets see what else! oh my... a 1928 Thompson A1, and LOOK 6 drum magazines!! Maybe I need to check the other boxes in the garage" And then the Mrs... " Oh Michael... You and your guns. I don't believe you got two more!" harummmph!


ROFLMBO! Ron,... I wish you all the best with your treasure find. I'm "funnin' ya" with the above. I just don't get anyone in my world leaving me stuff like this.

You Da MAN!
daFadda

Very nice Ron, congrats!!:)

Heck, I totally forgot he had them. I was looking for some of his military papers.

Funny you mentioned a Thompson! I actually got to shoot a real Thompson with 50 rd drum and 25 rd clips, plus a burp gun! This was back in 1958, and dad brought them to our lake house with a trunk load of 45 ammo, in our 57 Olds. All 3 boys got to shoot both, and I'll always remember that!
Both weapons are still around, currently residing at the OCPD gun range, in their safe.

Is the 38 s&w worth shooting? As old as it is, do I need to find old style ammo or will new ammo work ok in it?

Don't Shoot It that is the Type of Gun to Make a Safe Queen.............


Clyde

My Dad didn't own any guns, but I have my granfather's Mossberg .22 mag.

Any gun handed down should be a keeper, IMO

Jim

All I ever find is old underwear:(
Good deal for you

is that a true lemon squeezer?

I believe so. It has the safety inthe grip, and breaks open from the top.

that is what i thought. nice pistol.

It looks like it has very little use. The barrel is clean no rust and rifling good, grips look great. I tried to find a value on it, just for insurance but havent found the right place yet

400 is my offer: )











Ntrly

My dad was a duck hunter. Ive got a few shot guns.

Great find from a great dad you must have had!

My aunt once mailed me a gun she said she found when going through her dad's (my G-dad) stuff after her mom passed. She just mailed it with a note explaining the circumstances, and acknowledging that she knows I collect guns, and she knows nothing about guns. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box to find an 8" sawed off shotgun.... :eek:

this is when you lived in Hypothetical land right, because you would never admit to receiving a weapon in the mail while living in the US.

I can't control what arrives in my mail box. I'm pretty sure the statute of limitations has run out on that, by now, anyway. ;)

Ron, what you have is a S&W .38Safety Hammerless 5th. Model, based on the S/N, it was made in the early 30s. Without looking at it personally,I'd say it's value rated at Good condition, is about $300.00.

Reference: Standard Catalog of Smith&Wesson, 3rd.Edition.

Thanks Dave! I don't think I'll shoot it, but for ins. Purposes good to have a value for it